Lee Upton

Lee Upton's most recent books are Bottle the Bottles the Bottles the Bottles from the Cleveland State University Poetry Center and The Tao of Humiliation: Stories, winner of the BOA Short Fiction Award, finalist for the Paterson Prize and named one of the "best books of 2014" by Kirkus Reviews. Another collection of her short stories, Visitations, is forthcoming in 2017.

Reading List

Ale & Cakes

Lee Upton  | 
Issue 66.1 Fall 2017

“Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale?” — Twelfth Night It’s not all cakes and ale. Sometimes it’s ale and cakes. At least one of us knew his ale and cakes. He …

The Birnham Oak

Lee Upton  | 
Issue 66.1 Fall 2017

“The Birnam Oak and its neighbour the Birnam Sycamore are thought to be the sole surviving trees of the great forest that once straddled the banks and hillsides of the River Tay. This forest is celebrated in Shakespeare’s Macbeth as …